The Club narrowly won the Association Cup over White Lodge and the other Association member clubs. Report…

Captain Richard Owen is hosting a summer BBQ at his house on Saturday 4th July.  It is open to Clubmembers and family guests, starting at 3pm for those with young families and continuing through the evening. Advance notice is required for planning purposes. Please view the poster for full details. View poster…

This year there has been a tremendous response, with greater participation in all the Match Play competitions.

Nearly all initial matches have been played. In most, the next round is not due till 6th July.

With fixture congestion coming up, to be followed by holidays, please try to arrange matches as soon as possible.

The men also have a friendly match against Rickmansworth Golf Club on Saturday the 27th of June.

Anyone interested in playing this fixture, especially those currently playing well, please put your names forward so we may have a bigger (& better?) pool to select from. It is not mandatory to play in both Home & Away legs.

If you are interested please email the Captain or Vice Captain as soon as possible.

Ladies

Round 2 of the Committee Cup dawned with heavy rain, thunder and lightening clearing just in time for the start of the competition and the sun came out! Competitors did not entirely escape the rain which came down very heavily for a couple of holes accompanied by hail!

Julie Smyth romped home with 37 points making light of her recent cut in handicap and accumulated a grand total of 77 points in the overall Committee Cup competition. Rd 2 Results…

The order established by round 1 continued for round 2 with Susan Smith coming second with 33 points (a total of 69 points in the overall competition), followed by Lia Donath with 30 points (a total of 66 points) and Louise Williams on 30 points (a total of 64 points). Overall Results…

Men

Most competitors were rudely awakened in the early hours as thunderstorms wreaked revenge for the previous week’s dry and sunny weather. The conditions in the aftermath were sufficient to cause the cancellation of the Putney Park Open and the Committee quickly arranged a sweep. The winner with a glorious net 65 was Tim Meyer on 40 points followed a point behind by Richard Kenwood. Results…

Illustrating the vagaries of English weather, there were reports of hail on the 7th fairway whilst simultaneously on the 10th competitors affirmed just light rain.

Ladies

Julie Smyth romped away with the first round of the Committee Cup with a thumping 40 points. Other contenders for the overall prize are Susan Smith and Lia Donath both on 36 points (Susan shading it from Lia with the better back six) and Louise Williams with 34 points. Results…

The CSS was 36 points. Ladies handicap list…

Men

Benign conditions saw some excellent scoring with four competitors coming in with more than 40 points. The winner was Arthur Dolby on 43 points followed by Tim Meyer with 42 points and both Yuki Hiro Ushido and Peter Harrington on 41 points. Results…

The CSS was 38 points. Men’s handicap list…

The TBA was designated a mixed stableford sweep in which ladies ceded 2 shots to the men. An astounding round of 44 points (4 over par) from last year’s MIG, Paul Doran secured victory. Two points adrift was Donovan Friel. Donovan seemed to have victory in the bag but fell at the 10th in what was otherwise an extremely tidy round. Lia Donath returned an excellent 41-2=39 as the leading lady. Results…

There was drama for an ‘also ran’ – Phil Flanagan. Fresh from the (golfing) Kingdom of Fife, concentration and stamina were evident in Phil’s steely gaze as he addressed the ball on the 18th. His rip was as straight as an arrow, finishing 6 inches from the hole. Phil took a snap as a memento. Click for photo…

For the men CSS was 36 (SSS 35). Men’s handicap list…

The event was won bu Tony Gildea of Putney Park with a net 64, two ahead of Jamie Cushing (again PP). Jamie shot 2 under par gross playing off 1 for his 66. Best RP competitor was Stan Potts (69) and best lady Leonie Baker 70. Results…

The pairing of Kerry Sargeant & Alison Chadwick won in the Ladies Invitation by a clear margin over the pairing of Paul Grand & Cheryl Woodhouse. Report…

John Pieters prevailed by 3 shots from Arthur Dolby, Graeme Syme and Yuki Hiro Ushido with a 67. Best lady was Sheena Harrington with 73. Results…

For the men CSS remained at SSS 70. Men’s handicap list…

This was the first round of the Anniversary Trophy (best 3 of 4 Jubilee competitions).